“With Nigerian cities becoming new homes to rural migrants every day, many of who are without a roof over their heads, experts have questioned the 17 million estimated housing deficit in the country.”- The Guardian The figure which has been in circulation since 2012 is attributed to the World Bank and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Nigeria is expected ...

‘The Lagos State Government  has  restated its commitment towards improving the standards of living and well-being of the entire residents of the state, just as it commenced immediate rehabilitation and upgrade of the second segment of the arterial/inner roads in Epe Local Government Area.”-The Nation Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting, yesterday, at Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Naforija, Epe, the ...

“A community leader in Oke- Eletu area of Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Chief Oluwaremilekun Aina Shobote, has cried out to the Lagos State government over an alleged attempt by some people to forcibly dispossess him of a landed property.”- The Nation The distraught 75-year-old narrated how a man identified as Toyin and others asked for his permission ...

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on government at all levels to prioritise on policies that could effectively and adequately curtail environmental degradation through deforestation.”- This Day Obasanjo said this,in a statement made available to THISDAY, on the sidelines of the meeting of the 11th National Council on Environment (NCE) while receiving delegates from the Federal Ministry of Environment (FME) ...

“The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated a committee to establish a Mortgage Credit Rating to improve citizen’s access to affordable housing in the country.”- World Stage The Director, Financial System Strategy Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Mohammed Suleiman, inaugurated the nine member committee in Abuja. He charged members to come up with ideas that would see the ...

The battle of schools with the most beautiful senate building in Nigeria never ends. It usually always ends in a “whose school is the best” debate. When we talk of fine senate buildings, we refer to the architecture in general. Inasmuch as functionality of any senate building is as paramount, the aesthetic view is an also an important factor in ...

Poverty and environmental degradation both share a mutual relationship in the Lagos Metropolis especially in areas that seem to be very congested. This article addresses the relationship between poverty and environmental degradation in Lagos. Lagos metropolis is inhabited by about 80% of the population of lagosians making it the most urbanized state in Nigeria today. With a population of over ...

“The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday in Lagos called for the collaboration of all stakeholders to tackle traffick gridlock and port congestion and other problems in Apapa and its environs.”- The Guardian Fashola made the call at a stakeholders meeting on the ongoing Apapa Wharf Road reconstruction project in Surulere. The stakeholders at the ...

According to PM News, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has increased approved housing loans for civil servants by a 100 per cent so as to make housing affordable for workers in the state. Mr Isaac Omodewu, the State Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Survey made this disclosure at a regular ministerial briefing held on Thursday in Ibadan. The News ...

According to Daily Post, a real estate firm, Jetland Properties Limited, has filed a N31m lawsuit against Ecobank Nigeria Limited over alleged breach of contract. The firm, in the suit before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, alleged to have been engaged by the commercial bank to find a buyer for its property located at Plot 7, Block 10, ...